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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Jackson, Jonathan, 1743-1810

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Jonathan Jackson (June 4, 1743 – March 5, 1810) was an American merchant from Newburyport, Massachusetts. He was a delegate for Massachusetts in the Continental Congress. Born in Boston in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Jackson pursued classical studies, graduating from Harvard College before engaging in mercantile pursuits in Newburyport. Despite his dependence on foreign trade, Jackson became a supporter of the American Revolution. He converted some of his merchant ships to privateers. ...

Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915

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Soldier, businessman, civic leader and historian. Descendant of two presidents and the son of a noted diplomat, Adams served with distinction as a Union officer during the Civil War. After the war, he became a nationally recognized authority on the railroad industry, chairing the Massachusetts Railroad Commission from 1869 to 1879, and ultimately taking on the presidency of the Union Pacifc Railroad for six stormy years, 1884-1890. From 1890 to 1915, Adams was content to be a man of a...

Eliot, Samuel A. (Samuel Atkins), 1862-1950

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Samuel Atkins Eliot earned his Harvard AB 1884. He served as secretary to the President of Harvard from 1884-1885 and as Preacher to the University 1906-1909. He was the son of Harvard President Charles W. Eliot. From the description of Harvard memorabilia of Samuel Atkins Eliot, Class of 1884, 1876-1909 (inclusive), 1876-1885 (bulk) (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77063916 American Unitarian clergyman and historian. From the description of Samuel A. El...

Silsbee, Nathaniel, 1804-1881

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Richards, John Edward, 1952-

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Kept by two wealthy men, an uncle and his nephew, John Richards who lived near Forty Hill and Enfield, Middlesex Co., [now London] Eng. The uncle died in 1729. From the description of Account book, 1717-1729. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 19931817 John Richards was a lecturer in mechanical engineering at Stanford University, 1895-96. From the description of Works administration: lectures before the student of the Leland Stanford Junior U...

Claflin, William H. (William Henry), 1893-

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Andrews, William T. (William Turrell)

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Secretary of the Athenaeum. From the description of Letter, 1843 June 19, Boston, to George R. Lewis, New Haven. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 15174170 ...

Hubbard, Thomas K.

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Davis, John, 1787-1854

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John Davis (1787-1854) of Massachusetts was serving in the U.S. Senate at the time this letter was written. He served from March 4, 1835 to January 5, 1841, and March 24, 1845 to March 3, 1853. From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to J. G. Marshall, Hancock County, West Virginia, [1835?-1853?] February 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609063 American statesman and Governor of Massachusetts. From the guide to the John Davis testimony and affidav...

Ward, Thomas W. (Thomas Wren), 1786-1858

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Businessman. From the description of Thomas W. Ward correspondence, 1841 February 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981311 ...

Francis, Ebenezer, 1775-1858

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Cabot, Paul Codman, 1898-1994

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Financier; investment banker. From the description of Reminiscences of Paul Codman Cabot : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309729466 ...

Hutchinson, Edward C. (Edward Charles)

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Harvard College (1636-1780)

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Samuel Mather (1677-1746) was a member of a prominent Connecticut family. He was born in Branford, Connecticut in 1677; his parents were the Reverend Samuel and Hannah (Treat) Mather. When Samuel was four, his family moved to Windsor, Connecticut. He attended Harvard College, receiving an A.B. in 1698 and an A.M. in 1701. He began studying medicine in 1698 and by 1702 he was admitted "to be a Practitioner of Physick and Chyrurgy." He was quickly successful, and in 1710 was appointed a surgeon to...

Shattuck, Henry Lee, 1879-1971

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Attorney, trustee, author. Harvard, A.B. 1901, LL.B. 1904, LL.D., Williams College 1936, Nat. U. of Ireland 1950, Harvard U. 1952, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1955. Attorney in Boston, Mass. Treasurer, Harvard Coll., 1929-1938. Member, Mass. House of Repres., 1920-1930; Boston City Council, 1934-1941. Member, U.S. Loyalty Review Bd.; Chairman, Interim Mixed Parole and Clemency Board. From the description of Papers, 1947-1954. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 23...

Storer, Ebenezer

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Ebenezer Storer graduated from Harvard in 1747 and received master's degrees from Harvard and Yale in 1750. He served as treasurer of Harvard from 1777-1807. From the description of Diplomas, 1750. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 406084827 Ebenezer Storer, Treasurer of Harvard College, was born on January 27, 1729/30 to Captain Ebenezer and Mary (Edwards) Storer in Boston. He received his Harvard AB in 1747 and his AM in 1750; that same year, he receiv...

Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886

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Amos Adams Lawrence was a Boston merchant, textile manufacturer, and philanthropist. From the description of Amos Adams Lawrence Papers, 1857-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387678 Businessman and philanthropist. From the description of Letter of Amos Adams Lawrence, 1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014885 ...